Patient& Equipment Transporter, University, 24 hours, Evenings
About The Position
The Patient & Equipment Transporter performs duties involving the transportation of patients throughout the hospital and assists nursing staff with physical and lateral patient transfers before and after transport. The role also collects and delivers items among hospital departments, including Labs, Pharmacy, Radiology, Medical Records, Sterile Processing, the Mail Room, and patient care areas. The transporter cleans, sanitizes, and delivers beds and transport equipment and maintains job activity logs as required. The position escorts ambulatory patients and transports patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed. It requires verifying patient identity using two identifiers, responding to basic patient needs to support comfort and safety, and providing handoff communication to receiving units. The transporter assists with patient positioning and transfers using lift devices, follows infection-control and isolation procedures, and transports specimens, blood products, contaminated equipment, and other materials according to established guidelines.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within six months of hire.
- Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
- Good interpersonal skills and a customer-service orientation to support collaborative, patient-focused work with other hospital departments.
Nice To Haves
- Six months of experience in a hospital environment.
Responsibilities
- Escort ambulatory patients and transport patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or bed.
- Verify patient identity using two identifiers, complete Safe Patient Transport Forms, and notify a clinician of discrepancies.
- Monitor and respond to basic patient needs before, during, and after transport, and provide handoff communication to the receiving unit.
- Assist nursing staff and/or lift technicians with moving, positioning, and laterally transferring patients using lift devices, including patients on precaution status.
- Follow personal protective equipment and infection-control procedures appropriate to the patient's precaution or isolation type.
- Deliver stretchers, beds, cribs, and wheelchairs as needed; sanitize transport vehicles and ancillary equipment between patient uses.
- Assist with deep-cleaning transport equipment on a biannual basis.
- Transport patient specimens to and from the Lab and Pathology, blood products to and from the Blood Bank, and contaminated equipment to Sterile Processing in accordance with infection-control guidelines.
- Deliver medical records, pharmaceuticals, X-ray films, sterile items, reports, and other materials as required.
- Maintain job activity logs as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
